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(No Model.)

J. G.- S. SMITH.

BOUQUET HOLDER.

No. 394,889. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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' UNTTED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOHN G. S. SMITH, OF ROME, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES A. TIGNOR, OF SAME PLACE.

BOUQUET=HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formin art of Letters Patent No. 39-1 889 dated December 18 1888.

g p i 7 A Application filed April 30, 1888. Serial No. 272,241 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. S. SMITH, of Rome, in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved 5 Bouquet-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved device for conveniently supporting bouquets, badges, &c., and attach- IO ing the same to clothing, drapery, die.

The invention consists of a small bottle supported on a shield adapted to be secured to clothing or drapery by means of pins held in the said shield.

I 5 The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompmiying 2o drawings, forming a part of this s iiet'eilication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a PGTSPOCtlVO view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the 2 5 same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. et is a front view of a modification of the same, and Fig. 5 is a front view of a modified form of the improvement.

The improvement consists of a small bottle,

A, having a neck, I engaged by the curved arms C, formed on the rods J and passing through slots D, formed in the upper end of a shield, E, against the front of which said bottle A rests. The rods O extend downward 3 5 on the rear of the said shield E and pass through eyes E, secured to the said shield E, and then the rods 0 are continued in the upwardly-exteiulin g rods 0 passed to the front of the shield E and through the slots D to the rear of the shield and formed into the pins G which extend sidewise against the inwardlybent flanges F, formed on the upper end of the shield E.

' On the lower end of the shield O and at the rear is formed an eye, E in which is secured a rod, G, having the upward]y-extendin g ends G passing to the front of the shield E and provided with the forwardly-extending parts GZwhich continue in the downwardly-extending ends G held against the front part of the small bottle A, and adapted to carry a badge,

H, as is plainly shown in Fig. l, the upper edge of the said badge being folded and then passed under the upper part of the extending ends G of the rods G G G so that the same press the badge againstthe bottle A, as shown.

The pins 0 of the rods 0 are adapted to slide longitudinally in the slots D by pressing the upwardlyextending rods inward to ward each other and then releasing the pressure on the said rods (1 The bottle A filled with water, and then the natural flowers to be carried are inserted in the bottle, so that the stems of the flowers pass into the water, and thus the flowers receive nourishn'ient and are kept fresh fora certain length of time. \Vhen it is desirable to use a bouquet of artificial flowers, the stems of the said artificial flowers are also inserted in the bottle A, but the latter is partially 7o tilled with pert'nmery of any desired description.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the shield E is entirely dispensed with and the neck of the bottle A is encircled by a band or ring, I, secured to the middle part of a rod, .I, provided with the upwardly-extending rods .I, having pins J extending in opposite directions and adapted to be secured to the dress or drapery on which the holder is to be used. A badge may be placed between the lower part of the rods J,\vhich press the badge firmly against the bottles A, and thus hold the badge in place. Aheavybadge-such as rosettesis passed over the pins J Instead of employing the devices above described for securing the bottle, I may employ a collar, K, fastened directly to a shield, as illustrated in Fig. 5. 7

It will be seen that the device can be easily attached to clothing or drapery by taking hold of the holder and pressing the arms C or J inward and holding the back of the shield E against the part of the clothing or drapery to which it is to be attached, after which the pressure on the rods 0' or J is re leased, so that the pins (2 or J respectively, pass outward and into the clothing or drapery, thereby securely fastening the holder to the respective part to which it is to be attached. IOO

The shield E may be made of wire instead of sheet metal, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and d esi re to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bouquet-holder, the eonibinatimi, with a bottle, of a shield carrying the said bottle, pins secured on the said shield l'or fastening it 10 the clothing or drapery, and rods secured to the said shield and extending to the said bottle for supporting a badge, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bouquetl1older, the combination, with a bottle, of a shield having slots and i supporting the said bottle, pins secured to the said shield and passing through the said slots, and flanges formed on the said shield and against which operate the portions of said pins opposite their pointed ends, substantially as shown and described.

As a new article of manufacture, thebouquot-holder consisting of a bottle, A, held by the curved arms (10f rods (1" passing through slots 1) of shield E downward through eyes E, the upwardly-exteinling rods C passing in front of said shield and through said slots to the rear, and pins (1 extemling against the bent flanges F of said shield, substantially as herein specified and shown.

JOHN G. S. SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

'l. B. \VILLIAMS, W. R. PATTON. 

